50 years from now

100 years from now, Romania will be kept in motion by people with vision, careers will be chosen based on genetics, the school will be at home, museums and theaters will be experienced with all the senses, partner compatibility and the duration of a relationship will be driven by personalized dating apps. These are just a few of the findings of a D & D Research perception study for BRD – Groupe Societe Generale. The study was developed to explore Romanians’ perceptions of how Romania will look at its next centenary and to discover trends in Romanians’ thinking on progress. The approach was validated and interpreted by a think tank that includes people like Dan Petre – professor at SNSPA and D & D Research Partner, Razvan Rughinis – Innovation Labs Co-Founder and Constantin Vica – Lecturer at the University of Bucharest.“From what we know, it is the first study that measured in a structured way the collective imagination of Romanians on … [Read more...] about Romania, 100 years from now: Home schooling, artificial implants, genetics-chosen careers

Errol Spence versus Mikey Garcia is a contest people could be discussing 50 years from now, like they do the classics of the past. In Spence, we are looking at a fighter with the potential to rank alongside Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler. Garcia is already a four-weight world champion and though he starts the underdog in this fight he comes armed with an arsenal to trouble any. As regular readers will know, I am a huge fan of both. Garcia is a phenomenal operator, a chilling puncher with a chin of granite. The accuracy and timing of his punches are unbelievably pure and backed by genuine power. You don’t win titles in four divisions without being special. Whether he can make it five against Spence is another question. He looked smaller in their head-to-head to announce Saturday's fight, but that won’t worry a warrior like him. I have had my eye on Spence since the London Olympics, where he was unlucky not to get the decision against Russia’s Andrey … [Read more...] about ‘Spence-Garcia this weekend has potential to still be talked about in 50 years’

YOUNG farmers kicked cars and were filmed lying in the road in a drunken state as an annual meet-up in Blackpool descended into chaos. The event - which has been running for 50 years - has now been cancelled after the debauchery led to arrests and embarrassment for the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (NFYFC ). A number of the 6,000 who descended on the seaside resort were caught singing offensive songs, kicking cars and rampaging through the streets over the early May Bank Holiday weekend. One person was seen flagging down a car, grabbing a driver's keys from the ignition and throwing them to a pal. Cops arrested two men after a "minority got carried away" before the event was axed by disgruntled board members. Witnesses said families were left horrified as young rowdy farmers milled through the town and climbed on street signs. England rugby player James Haskell was said to be one of the DJs at social events alongside the main general meeting. Lynsey Martin, 30, chairwoman … [Read more...] about Young farmers kick cars in street rampage as annual meet-up descends into chaos – and now it’s been axed after 50 years

British intelligence services spent 50 years from 1947 to 1997 trying to capture a UFO so they could harvest alien technology, according to secret documents which have just been released. The declassified Government files reveal Britain believed China or Russia had already secured a UFO and were using alien tech to develop war planes. 1,000 pages of information have now been released in a file called Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK Air Defence Region which show the Government ran two operations - a call centre where people could report UFO sightings and an investigative branch. It was shut down in 1997 and the files are now to be sent to the National Archives as part of a Government operation to open up information to the general public. In the files, one Air Force Commander writes: "An actual - or potential enemy - could develop a flying device with the characteristics that these phenomena seem to have." … [Read more...] about Britain spent 50 years trying to catch a UFO

St Andrews celebrating 50th anniversary this year The story of a club which started as a small amateur team in Sliema and is now playing in the local Premier League, told to HENRY BRINCAT by club president Paul Falzon. St Andrews, formerly known as Luxol Sports Club, is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary, having been founded in 1968. Club president Paul Falzon, who was also one of the founders, said that it was he and Norman Darmanin Demajo, now MFA president, who started the ball rolling. “We headed a group of enthusiastic and football-loving colleagues and decided to start playing as a street team. Our first participation was in the league organised by the Sliema Sports Association and it was after 15 years that we took the decision to apply to join the Malta Football Association. We were admitted into the parent body in 1983. “We had a difficult start in the early 60s and 70s, but we would meet at the The Country Club in St Andrews (later The Forum Hotel). We … [Read more...] about St Andrews’ 50 years, from amateur team to the Premier League, as told by club President Paul Falzon